After 6 or 7 years has my D2 finnally died?

[kenner]

1) Won't connect to PC via USB. Absolutley nothing happens.
2) Plugging in Batter Charger syas 'Battery Chargin' for about 5 minutes then screen goes blank
3) Obviously won't start - not anything on screen

So, it's either totally gone or could it be a a completely dead battery? Should I take a 20 dollar chance and buy a battery replacement?

Has any one had this experience?

(Pushed reset button - nothing happened)

This is a sad sad day for me. That player was absolutely perfect for me for all those years. Great sound and tough as nails - until now.

Ouch!

BTW, know of a good link to show me how to replace the battery?

Thanks for any one replying,

Ken

[CrowdAds]

[WalkGood]

If it’s just the battery then you should be able to confirm this if it works fine while plugged in via a wall wart. If it’s not then you might be able to revive it with tcctool and then check the battery.

[kenner]

'wall wart'? WTF is that?

Anyway, tcctool won't help if it doesn't come to life, so I bought a battery anyway and put it in myself. My life was beautiful again! BUT, about 4 days later it wouldn't come to life again. I tried about a dozen times plugging it in to different sockets and whatever. About the 12th time it worked?

i don't know - crazy as hell I tell ya.

It's not that hard to put the battery in and it really can't be done incorrectly, so my guess is a bad battery for some reason. But it's working now so ....I'll wait.

ONE thing though. I forgot how the D2 charging goes. Please tell me if a stock D2 while charging from the wall displays the charging screen the whole time or just at the beginning? Very important for me to know.

[WalkGood]

Originally Posted by kenner

'wall wart'? WTF is that?

name given to a AC USB charger like this.

Originally Posted by kenner

… Please tell me if a stock D2 while charging from the wall displays the charging screen the whole time or just at the beginning? Very important for me to know.

I don’t know cause I don’t own a D2 but my i7 while on wall wart displays a dancing battery filling up, while connected to pc it displays a USB icon rotating in a circular motion. The i9 on wall wart displays a charging icon with motion and goes dim after a few minutes. On the pc a motionless USB icon appears but only the i9 dims after a few minutes via either connection.


and i9 screens will either display the battery icon if connect via wall wart or go dim after a few minutes if connected to pc.

*Edited post as I just connected and checked.

[Syndrome]

I don't have the wall wart for my D2 anymore, but I just plugged it into the PC and the charging screen stayed on.

Here is a disassembly of the Cowon D2.

If your handy with a soldering iron it should be easy to replace(if it is the battery). If not then you can send it to me and I can solder it for you, visit the link in my signature to see my classified ad.

If we conclude the motherboard is dead then I am in need of a few D2 parts if you want to make a deal of sorts.

Also, if you do disassemble it yourself, then be cautious of the screws, they are VERY easy to strip on the D2, and other Cowon devices..

[paulr]

There is an iaudiophile.net thread about replacing the D2 battery, including some sources of spares:

http://iaudiophile.net/forums/showthread.php?t=27464